→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut The Truth About the Bermuda Triangle https://youtu.be/R-KBDzDkjQc?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2R3jSa-iTHRruVczfaZ234 Miss Unsinkable https://youtu.be/8-798XH2RPE?list=PLR0XuDegDqP33-NUx7wuKb-3PDj-gRKgR In this video: Black Cats weren’t always the butt of superstitions, feared, or even considered bad luck. In fact, in early Egyptian times, dating back as far as 3000 BC, cats (including black ones) were the rock stars of the animal world, held in high esteem; to kill one was considered a capital crime. It wasn’t until the middle-ages in Europe that the black cat’s rock star status started to go downhill as they began to be associated with so-called witches. The hysteria of witches practicing black magic had just hit Europe and alley cats were often cared for and fed by the poor lonely old ladies (funny how some things never change) later accused of witchery. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/09/why-black-cats-are-considered-bad-luck/ Sources: http://www.kinrossfolds.com/cattery/superstition.html http://cats.about.com/od/catloreurbanlegends/a/blackcatlore.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_cat http://www.timelessmyths.co.uk/a-black-cat-crossing-your-path.html http://www.trivia-library.com/a/origin-of-common-superstitions-black-cats.htm